Eastern Air Lines Inc.

March 22, 1986|By Deanne Brandon

MERGER PROTESTS. The state of Massachusetts and the agency that runs Boston's Logan International Airport asked federal officials Friday to block a takeover of Eastern Air Lines by Texas Air. The filing with the U.S. Transportation Dept. by Attorney General Francis Bellotti and the Massachusetts Port Authority suggests that the $676 million merger could create a monopoly. Texas Air already owns New York Air, Eastern's major competitor in the Northeast. . . . In a separate filing, Pan American World Airways also objected to the merger proposal, calling it a ''serious threat to competition.''